2015 New York Cosmos season explained

Club:New York Cosmos
Season:2015
Chrtitle:Chairman
Chairman:Seamus O'Brien
Mgrtitle:Head coach
Manager:Giovanni Savarese
Stadium:Shuart Stadium
MCU Park (One Game)
Belson Stadium (U.S. Open Cup 3rd Round)
League:NASL
League Result:Spring: Champions
Fall: 3rd Place
Combined: 1st Place
Cup1:Soccer Bowl
Cup1 Result:Champions
Cup2:U.S. Open Cup
Cup2 Result:5th Round
Highest Attendance:12,550
(Apr. 18 vs. Tampa Bay, at Shuart Stadium)
Lowest Attendance:League: 3,383
(May 10 vs. Edmonton, at Shuart Stadium)
All: 1,394
(May 27 vs. Jersey, at Belson Stadium)
Average Attendance:League:
All:
League Topscorer:Raúl (9)
Season Topscorer:Leo Fernandes (10)
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Prevseason:2014
Nextseason:2016

The 2015 New York Cosmos season was the new Cosmos' third season of existence, playing in the new North American Soccer League. Including the previous franchise, this is the seventeenth season of a club entitled New York Cosmos playing professional soccer in the New York metropolitan area.

Club

Roster

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Competitions

Pre-season and Exhibitions

Exhibitions

Friendlies goal scorers

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1 MF11Andrés Flores2002
MF13Sebastián Guenzatti1102
FW77Lucky Mkosana0202
4 FW7Raúl1001
MF16Adam Moffat1001
MF22Leo Fernandes1001
MF25Hagop Chirishian0101
TOTALS64010

NASL Spring Season

The Spring season lasted for 10 games beginning on April 4 and ending on June 13. The schedule featured a single round robin format with each team playing every other team in the league a single time.

Results

Results by round

Match reports

NASL Fall Season

The Fall season lasted for 20 games beginning on July 12 and ending on November 1. The schedule featured a double round robin format with each team playing every other team in the league twice, one at home and one on the road.[2]

Results

Results by round

Match reports

The Championship

See main article: Soccer Bowl 2015.

U.S. Open Cup

See main article: 2015 U.S. Open Cup.

The Cosmos competed in the 2015 edition of the Open Cup, entering in the Third Round of the tournament.

Match reports

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goal scorers

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1 MF22Leo Fernandes350210
2 FW7Raúl44109
3 FW77Lucky Mkosana32027
4 FW8Gastón Cellerino01405
MF13Sebastián Guenzatti04015
6 MF11Andrés Flores12003
MF19Marcos Senna12003
MF20Wálter Restrepo03003
9 DF2Hunter Freeman02002
DF4Carlos Mendes20002
MF16Adam Moffat02002
12MF6Rovérsio10001
MF15Ruben Bover01001
FW17Ayoze01001
FW18Mads Stokkelien00011
MF25Hagop Chirishian10001
TOTALS16295656

Own goal scorers

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DFCarolina RailHawks98Mamadou Danso10001
San Antonio Scorpions2Brad Rusin01001
Atlanta Silverbacks4Simon Mensing01001
GKJacksonville Armada FC1Miguel Gallardo10001

Disciplinary record

NumberNationPositionNameNASL Spring SeasonNASL Fall SeasonNASL PlayoffsU.S. Open CupTotal
1 GKJimmy Maurer0020100030
2 DFHunter Freeman0040001050
3 DFHunter Gorskie2020002060
4 DFCarlos Mendes1020000030
5 DFSamuel Cáceres0010001121
6 DFRovérsio1000000010
7 FWRaúl2020000040
8 MFGastón Cellerino0010200030
11 MFAndrés Flores0010000010
13 MFSebastián Guenzatti0021100031
14 MFDanny Szetela1040101070
15 MFRuben Bover0010000010
16 MFAdam Moffat1010001030
17 MFAyoze3040001080
18 FWMads Stokkelien1010000020
19 MFMarcos Senna1020100040
20 MFWálter Restrepo1010001030
21 FWDavid Diosa0010000010
22 MFLeo Fernandes1010000020
25 MFHagop Chirishian0000001010
28 MFJimmy Mulligan0000001010
77 FWLucky Mkosana2000000020
TOTALS17033160101662

Transfers

In

No.Pos.PlayerTransferred fromFee/notesDateSource
7 Al Sadd SC30 October 2014[3]
77 Tampa Bay Rowdies24 November 2014[4]
11 A.D. Isidro Metapán19 December 2014[5]
16 FC DallasJanuary 2015[6]
20 San Antonio Scorpions19 January 2015[7]
24 Philadelphia Union9 March 2015[8]
23 FC Schalke 0430 March 2015[9]
30 Providence College1 April 2015[10]
15 New York Red Bulls15 April 2015[11]
8 Santiago Wanderers19 August 2015[12]

Out

No.Pos.PlayerTransferred toFee/notesDateSource
16Retired16 November 2014[13]
27 Jacksonville Armada16 November 2014[14]
33 Long Island Rough Riders16 November 2014
Free Agent16 November 2014
5 San Antonio Scorpions16 November 2014
15 Seattle Sounders FCLoan Return16 November 2014
17 Free Agent1 December 2014
8 Caracas FC29 December 2014[15]
22 Orlando City SCLoan Return12 January 2015[16]
20 Atlanta Silverbacks17 February 2015[17]
18 StartReleased24 August 2015[18]

Loan in

No.Pos.PlayerLoaned fromFee/notesDateSource
22 Philadelphia UnionYearlong16 January 2015
5 Nueva ChicagoYearlong13 February 2015[19]
18 Portland Timbers 2Rest of Season1 October 2015[20]

Loan out

Notes and References

  1. Web site: First Team. New York Cosmos. 19 December 2014.
  2. Web site: OOPS! SORRY, SOMETHING WENT WRONG | NASL. nasl.com. 2 April 2015.
  3. Web site: Real Madrid legend Raul signs with New York Cosmos, source says. ESPN FC. 3 April 2015.
  4. Web site: Cosmos Get Lucky: Mkosana leaves Rowdies, joins rivals in New York. Empire Of Soccer. 5 April 2015.
  5. Web site: New York Cosmos sign Andres Flores from Turín-FESA Fútbol Clube. Empire Of Soccer. 5 April 2015.
  6. Web site: New York Cosmos sign MLS veteran, Adam Moffat. Empire of Soccer. 3 April 2015.
  7. Web site: New York Cosmos add two time NASL Best XI midfielder Walter Restrepo. SB Nation. 3 April 2015.
  8. Web site: Cosmos sign former Philadelphia Union goalkeeper Brian Holt. SB Nation. 3 April 2015.
  9. Web site: U.S. U-17 INTERNATIONAL HAJI WRIGHT SIGNS WITH COSMOS. SBI Soccer. 3 April 2015.
  10. Web site: CLUB SIGNS GOALKEEPER KEASEL BROOME. New York Cosmos. 3 April 2015.
  11. Web site: Ruben Bover signs with New York Cosmos B. SB Nation. 23 August 2015.
  12. Web site: Savarese speaks on new Cosmos signing Gaston Cellerino. Empire of Soccer. 31 August 2015.
  13. Web site: Technical Staff. New York Cosmos. 26 April 2014.
  14. Web site: New York Cosmos Offseason Roster Moves. Five Points Press. 3 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150405224139/http://www.thefivepointspress.com/news/2015/1/20/new-york-cosmos-offseason-roster-moves. 5 April 2015. dead. dmy-all.
  15. Web site: Diomar Diaz latches on with Caracas FC. SB Nation. 3 April 2014.
  16. Web site: Orlando Cit agrees to deals with Jairo Arrieta, Danny Mwanga; Heath Pearce not signing. Orlando Sentinel. 3 April 2015.
  17. Web site: Hans Denissen signs with Atlanta Silverbacks. SoccerATL. 3 April 2015.
  18. Web site: Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk (in Norwegian) . NTB . 31 August 2015.
  19. Web site: New York Cosmos sign Samuel Caceres on loan. Empire of Soccer. 3 April 2015.
  20. Web site: Kharlton Belmar, T2 forward, is loaned to NASL's New York Cosmos. The Oregonian. 7 October 2015.

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